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From: sderby@blkbox.com (Stuart P. Derby)
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Subject: Re: Medical claims in NOTs series
Date: Sun, 29 Sep 1996 04:18:13 -0500
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[ *snip* -- DST ]
There are also a lot of medical claims in WHAT IS SCIENTOLOGY (1993)
(page numbers from the soft-bound edition)
p. 201 "The pain in my hip disappeared and to this day has never returned."
p. 202 "I can move my previously debilitated left arm with ease and comfort
now. This morning I could not raise it from my side without terrible pain."
p. 205 "In learning to audit, I've seen sick people jump out of bed and dance
after a session."
p. 208 "[C.M. had exterme sinusitus, 'medical specialist' says it 'may be
psychosomatic', C.M. suffered 'blinding headaches and sinusitus', then
while auditing... ] Suddenly I felt a crunch -- I could physically sense
the bones in the left part of my face changing. Right afterwards my face
felt as if it had woken up after being asleep. [...] The huge pressure
build-up from my sinuses had completely disappeared -- gone.
[... It] was a miracle."
p. 209 "[pregnant wife has surgery, is in intensice care, doctor estimates
five days before she can walk.] While in intensice care, I audited her and
in less than 24 hours she was walking [...]. The head doctor examined her
and told me her recovery was miraculous."
p. 209 "I had been wearing [glasses] for six years and my vision was
steadily deteriorating. [Audits, suddenly feels good] I took my glasses
off [...]. Things really looked clear. That was over twenty years ago
and I haven't worn glasses since. Today my vision is almost perfect."
p. 209 "[gets sick, after three months of doctor's visits] it was diagnosed
as a chronic vascular disease that there was no cure for. [a lifetime
condition, he's 28 years old, audits] After less than one hour I felt
much better. Not only that, the physical condition stopped spreading.
Within a week of daily auditing, all physical evidence of the condition
was gone. It is 1 1/2 years later and the disease has not returned."
p. 210 [ auditing cures epilepsy ]
p. 210 [ person had been assaulted ] I had 27 fractures in my face and jaw.
The doctors said I'd lose my eyes. [...] I turned to Scientology auditing.
The improvement was so miraculous that one friend who had come with me
dropped to her knees and cried. [...] I completely regained my
self-confidence and self-respect. This made it possible for my body to
heal much faster."
p. 210 [ 78 year-old has massive heart attack, is disabled and placed in
a convalescent center noted for stroke rehab. !? ] I gave my father
Scientology auditing every day. Day by day he improved until finally
six weeks later he walked out of that facility!!!"
p. 211 [intensive care, bleeding ulcer, heart stops 3 times, unconscious
for a week, his wife audits him, he regains will to live, recovers ]
p. 212 [ auditing cures chronic, debiltating migraines ]
p. 212 [ smashes both ankles, surgeon pieces things back together, says
patient might not walk. Patient audits, has speedy miraculous recovery,
now dances, plays sports etc. ]
Incidentally, the chapter that the above material comes from,
Successes of Scientology, begins with 20 pages of signed testimonals,
from stars, cab drivers, etc., but then page 200 begins a sub-section
of "Successes from Specific Services" and all the testimonials are
"signed" with initials, effectively anonymizing them.
-Stu
--
"Madman! Wouldst attempt the impossible?! For no being made of matter
can ever enter a system that is naught but the flux and swirl of
alphanumerical elements, discontinuous integer configurations,
the abstract stuff of digits!" - from the Cyberiad, by Stanislaw Lem